rontogram

noun

rontogram

noun

Etymology From ronto- + gram.

1

Metrology An SI unit of mass equal to 10⁻²⁷ grams. Symbol: rg

  • The arrival of the new prefixes means the Earth can now be said to weigh six ronnagrams, and Jupiter about two quettagrams. An electron weighs about a rontogram, and a single bit of data stored on a mobile phone adds about 10 quectograms to its mass.2022 November 18, Ian Sample, “Earth weighs in at six ronnagrams as new prefixes picked for big and small”, in The Guardian:

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